Hipsterism as an anti-capitalist subculture?
The term ‘hipsterism’ is these days used to describe a creative class, digital bohemians, or young people with a university education living a post-materialist lifestyle. Which one of these is it?
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Introducing ATLA(S)NOW project: Angelo Bellobono, Adam Vačkář and Alessandro Facente
Tranzitdisplay is delighted to invite you to a discussion between the artists Angelo Bellobono, Adam Vackar and the curator Alessandro Facente introducing the Atla(s)now project, from his genesis to the latest activities.
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KKA2 children’s literature
Although this country boasts a long tradition of top quality children’s literature, little of this is made of this in the media and specialist circles. And so we have decided to offer a platform to editors, publishers and critics who are concerned with children’s literature. What makes Czech children’s literature special?
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Debate with members of the group Chto delat?
Chto Delat (What is to be done?) is a collective of artists, critics, philosophers and writers that was founded in 2003 in St Petersburg in order to integrate political theory, art and activism.
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Chto delat: Anti-anticommunism
Opening: 21. 2. 2014 od 19,00, Discussion with members Chto delat: 22. 2. 2014 od 19,00 /
A project by Chto Delat (realized by Tsaplya Olga Egorova, Dmitry Vilensky, Nikolay Oleynikov and Gluklya Natalya Pershina)
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A2 debate on racism in collaboration with the organisation Romea and the Blokujeme! initiative
As a response to last year’s anti-Roma marches and following the election success of Marian Kotleba in Slovakia, the civic societies A2 and Konexe, along with the Blokujeme! platform, are organising a series of discussions on the following topics.
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Jesper Alvaer in Conversation with Anne Szefer Karlsen
Anne Szefer Karlsen is a curator and writer, and currently Director (2008-2014) of Hordaland Art Centre (Bergen, Norway). Szefer Karlsen was curator for Lofoten International Art Festival - LIAF 2013 (with Bassam El Baroni and Eva González-Sancho) and Associate Curator for Research and Encounters, Biennale Benin 2012 (Artistic Director: Abdellah Karroum, Associate Curators: Didier Houenoude, Olivier Marboeuf and Claire Tancons).
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Seminar: Forms of resistance to racism
The Czech Republic is facing an unprecedented rise in racist activities. Antiracists are taking a stand. However, theoretical reflections on antiracist activities are necessary.
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CZECH POPE: discussion on Polish religiousness, prophetic visions and embarrassment
Two emerging Polish curators and art historians, Piotr Sikora and Piotr Zdybał created an exhibition for MeetFactory Gallery based on a prophecy about a Czech Pope. What does such prophecy mean to one of the most atheist European nations? How does the local art scene perceive religious content in a work of art?
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Special Zones of Exploitation: film followed by debate
We would like to invite you to a debate on the current situation of workers in Polish factories and their opportunities for collective action and solidarity. The debate will kick off with a film documentary entitled “Special Zones of Exploitation” about the strike in the Chinese Chung Hong electronics factory in Poland.
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A presentation of the book “A Rationed Life: War, Everyday Life and Labour Politics in the Czech Lands 1914 – 1918”
How did the First World War transform the everyday life of hundreds of thousands of Czech factory workers? Under circumstances of acute material scarcity, what new significance did basic aspects of human life take on, such as where, how and what to eat, or under what conditions and with whom to work? How did the Great War change the organised workers’ collective?
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KK A2 Let’s write something leftist
The debate will address the polemic provoked by the article Ideology and Literature by the A2 writers Jan Bělíček and Marta Svobodová. All parties to the debate have been invited to join the panel.
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